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Definition of egg-bound in English:

egg-bound

adjective

‘One of my old poultry books recommends holding an egg bound hen in front of the fire!’

‘If the eggs are not hard enough, they can get stuck and cause her to be egg bound.’

‘An egg travelling sharp-end first through a chicken is also more likely to tilt and wedge, resulting in that sorriest of beasts, an egg-bound chicken.’

‘You can induce the production of eggs in a female by stimulating her, and if they start releasing eggs, there's always the risk of the bird becoming egg-bound, basically an egg stuck in the bird's stomach, and that can kill the bird.’